HQBIT: Performing quantum optics practical work in a hybrid environment

Active learning based on experiments and practical work helps students understand concepts that challenge our conception of the physical world. However, such experiments can be hard to execute in a classroom context, due to their complexity, difficulty to set up and manipulate, and high cost. The development of digital materials dealt with some of these issues but also brought their own set of drawbacks and do not fulfill what a student is supposed to experience with a real experiment. To combine the advantages of both digital and physical approaches, we developed a hybrid optical bench based on numerical simulation, tangible manipulations, and pedagogical augmentations. In this paper, we present the design of the project and focus on two experimental scenarios

Ride Your Data : Raise your Arms, Scream, and Experience your Data from a Roller Coaster Cart

International audienceTraditionally, data visualisation has mostly focused on finding visual encodings most suitable for two-dimensional displays and static visual examination tasks. With the emergence of Immersive Analytics, researchers explored the use of physical navigation in 3D spaces and more embodied techniques to interact with data. Yet the sense-making process to explore them has remained more or less the same to the one used on 2D screens. In this paper, we propose to take advantages of immersive technology to propose a more subjective experience of data. We present Ride Your Data (RYD), an immersive experience in which people ride a virtual roller coasters whose shape is dictated by data, allowing them to literally ride on their data, with climbs and drops corresponding to increases and decreases in data values. After presenting the design of RYD, we present and discuss three examples of virtual roller coasters made from real datasets. We then discuss research challenges behind the design of such experiences, and more generally, data-driven immersive experiences

Reconfigurable and versatile augmented reality optical setup for tangible experimentations

Abstract HOBIT, which stands for "Hybrid Optical Bench for Innovative Teaching and learning" is an educational platform that leverages the combination of numerical simulation and physical manipulation to facilitate learning of complex phenomena and motivate users about wave optics in practical work. HOBIT operates in real time and is self-adaptive, providing realistic displays of optical phenomena with virtual augmentations designed to facilitate their understanding. HOBIT makes it quick and easy to build any reconfigurable optical experiment. Students can manipulate optical components and observe the changes induced on detectors and displays. We detail the technology, the simulation model and the initial teaching aids. Current and future enhancements should meet the needs of students at different levels, from high school to higher education degrees